Buddha Purnima celebrated across India
On May 16, Buddha Purnima was celebrated with a lot of enthusiasm and fanfare across the country as prayers were offered in Buddhist temples and monasteries.
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Powerful people use social media to ‘manipulate minds’: Nobel laureate Maria Ressa
She also said that Philippine President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has made it very difficult to have checks and balances with the media.
Indonesians with vitiligo seek visibility
Globally, as much as 2 percent of the population have the condition, with 0.5 to 1 percent of the Indonesia's population having the condition.
We need to uplift the forgotten women behind Asia’s plastic waste recycling systems
By uplifting women doing informal waste work, we may eventually find new, more equitable paths to a sustainable, plastic waste-free future.
‘Fake geniuses’ highlight South Korean elite’s obsession with top schools
Critics says the competition to get into top university has produced near-perfect students boasting impeccable records in leadership skills, volunteer work and academic…
Produce grandchild in a year or pay $650,000: Indian couple sues son
The compensation they are demanding includes the cost of a wedding reception in a five-star hotel, a luxury car and paying for the couple's honeymoon abroad.
India court asks govt to pay all salary dues to employee’s widow with 18% interest
The man was not paid even a single penny all through 35 years of his service, despite his repeated appeals.
1 passerby killed, at least 9 injured in blast in Karachi’s Saddar
The incident comes less than a month after a suicide bombing at the Karachi University Confucius Institute.
Catholic cardinal, others arrested on Hong Kong security law
The arrests further expand crackdown on dissent in the city that appears increasingly vindictive in prosecuting actions performed prior to the enactment of the national security…
Activists condemn alleged terror against human rights activists in Papua
It is the latest incident in a series of attacks against Papuans or those voicing human rights in the easternmost provinces of the country.